City reaches settlement with harassed worker, Lyndsey Hughes

YOUNGSTOWN

The city and an employee found to have been sexually harassed on the job have reached a settlement agreement.

City council will vote today on an ordinance to pay its $50,000 deductible to HCC Public Risk Claim Service, the city’s insurance company, to resolve a complaint filed by Lyndsey Hughes, downtown director of events, special projects and marketing.

City officials declined to provide details of the settlement Tuesday to The Vindicator, saying the information would be made available after council’s vote.

Attempts by The Vindicator on Tuesday to reach Hughes and her two attorneys were unsuccessful.

The two sides have spent several months resolving the matter.

With the city having to pay a $50,000 deductible to its insurance company, the settlement amount with Hughes is obviously higher.

The settlement also includes what will happen with Hughes’ future as a city employee.

Read more of this story in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.